Magnesium Technology 2011

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Magnesium in North America: A Changing Landscape....Pages 3-3
Global Magnesium Research: State-of-the-Art and What’s Next?....Pages 5-5
Environmental Challenges for the Magnesium Industry....Pages 7-11
Predicting Mg Strength from First-Principles: Solid-Solution Strengthening, Softening, and Cross-Slip....Pages 13-15
Biodegradable Magnesium Implants — How do They Corrode in-Vivo?....Pages 17-17
The Next Generation of Magnesium Based Material to Sustain the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Policy....Pages 19-23
Fracture Mechanism and Toughness in Fine- and Coarse-Grained Magnesium Alloys....Pages 25-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
The Development of the Multipolar Magnesium Cell: A Case History of International Cooperation in a Competitive World....Pages 31-34
Effect of KCl on Liquidus of LiF-MgF2 Molten Salts....Pages 35-37
Efficiency and Stability of Solid Oxide Membrane Electrolyzers for Magnesium Production....Pages 39-42
Magnesium Production by Vacuum Aluminothermic Reduction of a Mixture of Calcined Dolomite and Calcined Magnesite....Pages 43-47
Multiphase Diffusion Study for Mg-Al Binary Alloy System....Pages 49-53
Experiments and Modeling of Fatigue Damage in Extruded Mg AZ61 Alloy....Pages 55-60
Low-Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Die-Cast Mg Alloy AZ91....Pages 61-66
Small Fatigue Crack Growth Observations in an Extruded Magnesium Alloy....Pages 67-72
Applicability of Mg-Zn-(Y, Gd) Alloys for Engine Pistons....Pages 73-78
Compressive Creep Behaviour of Extruded Mg Alloys at 150 °C....Pages 79-83
The Effect of Thermomechanical Processing on the Creep Behavior and Fracture Toughness of Thixomolded® AM60 Alloy....Pages 85-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Simulation of Porosity and Hot Tears in a Squeeze Cast Magnesium Control Arm....Pages 93-100
Dendritic Microstructure in Directional Solidification of Magnesium Alloys....Pages 101-105
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Microstructures and Casting Defects of Magnesium Alloy Made By A New Type of Semisolid Injection Process....Pages 107-112
Macrostructure evolution in directionally solidified Mg-RE alloys....Pages 113-118
Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Cast Mg AZ31B Alloy Produced by the Magnetic Suspension Melting Process....Pages 119-123
Investigations on Hot Tearing of Mg-Zn-(Al) Alloys....Pages 125-130
Proportional Strength-Ductility Relationship of Non-SF6 Diecast AZ91D Eco-Mg Alloys....Pages 131-136
Estimation of Heat Transfer Coefficient in Squeeze Casting of Magnesium Alloy AM60 by Experimental Polynomial Extrapolation Method....Pages 137-142
Wide Strip Casting Technology of Magnesium Alloys....Pages 143-146
Microstructural Analysis of Segregated Area in Twin Roll Cast Magnesium Alloy Sheet....Pages 147-150
Development of the Electromagnetic Continuous Casting Technology for of Magnesium Alloys....Pages 151-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Effect of Zn/Gd Ratio on Phase Constitutions in Mg-Zn-Gd Alloys....Pages 157-159
Optimization of Magnesium-Aluminum-Tin Alloys for as-Cast Microstructure and Mechanical Properties....Pages 161-165
Thermodynamic Analysis of As-Cast and Heat-Treated Microstructures of Mg-Ce-Nd Alloys....Pages 167-167
Compressive Strength and Hot Deformation Behavior of TX32 Magnesium Alloy with 0.4% Al and 0.4% Si Additions....Pages 169-174
An Analysis of the Grain Refinement of Magnesium by Zirconium....Pages 175-180
Study on the Grain Refinement Behavior of Mg-Zr Master Alloy and Zr Containing Compounds in Mg-10Gd-3Y Magnesium Alloy....Pages 181-185
The Effect of Rare Earth Elements on the Texture and Formability of Shear Rolled Magnesium Sheet....Pages 187-193
Improvement of Strength and Ductility of Mg-Zn-Ca-Mn Alloy by Equal Channel Angular Pressing....Pages 195-198
Deformation Behavior of Friction Stir Processed Magnesium Alloys....Pages 199-203
Effect of Heat Index on Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Friction Stir Processed AZ31....Pages 205-209
Strengthening Mg-Al-Zn Alloy by Repetitive Oblique Shear Strain....Pages 211-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Creep and elemental partitioning behavior of Mg-Al-Ca-Sn alloys with the addition of Sr....Pages 217-222
Effect of Mn Addition on Creep Property in Mg-2Al-2Ca Systems....Pages 223-226
The Effect of Precipitate State on the Creep Performance of Mg-Sn Alloys....Pages 227-228
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Mg-Zn-Y-M (M: Mixed Re) Alloys with LPSO Phase....Pages 229-232
Application of Neutron Diffraction in Characterization of Texture Evolution during High-Temperature Creep in Magnesium Alloys....Pages 233-237
Improved Processing of Mg-Zn-Y Alloys Containing Quasicrystal Phase for Isotropic High Strength and Ductility....Pages 239-244
Precipitation hardenable Mg-Ca-Al alloys....Pages 245-248
Microstructure, Phase Evolution and Precipitation Strengthening of Mg-3.1Nd-0.45Zr-0.25Zn Alloy....Pages 249-253
Precipitation Process in Mg-Nd-Zn-Zr-Gd/Y Alloy....Pages 255-259
Mechanical Properties and Microstructures of Twin Roll Cast Mg-2.4Zn-0.1Ag-0.1Ca-0.16Zr Alloy....Pages 261-265
The Solidification Microstructure and Precipitation Investigation of Magnesium-Rich Alloys Containing Zn and Ce....Pages 267-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Crystal Plasticity Analysis on Compressive Loading of Magnesium with Suppression of Twinning....Pages 273-277
Crystal Plasticity Modeling of Pure Magnesium Considering Volume Fraction of Deformation Twinning....Pages 279-283
Nucleation Mechanism for Shuffling Dominated Twinning in Magnesium....Pages 285-287
On the Impact of Second Phase Particles on Twinning in Magnesium Alloys....Pages 289-293
Influence of Crystallographic Orientation on Twin Nucleation in Single Crystal Magnesium....Pages 295-299
Twinning Multiplicity in an AM30 Magnesium Alloy under Uniaxial Compression....Pages 301-305
Inhomogeneous Deformation of AZ31 Magnesium Sheet in Uniaxial Tension....Pages 307-311
Limitation of current hardening models in predicting anisotropy by twinning in hcp metals: Application to a rod-textured AM30 magnesium alloy....Pages 313-320
Deformation Behavior of Mg from Micromechanics to Engineering Applications....Pages 321-324
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Effect of Substituted Aluminum in Magnesium Tension Twin....Pages 325-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Influence of Solute Cerium on the Deformation Behavior of a Mg-0.5 wt.% Ce Alloy....Pages 333-337
Texture Weakening Effect of Y in Mg-Zn-Y System....Pages 339-343
In-Situ Scanning Electron Microscopy Comparison of Microstructure and Deformation Between WE43-F and WE43-T5 Magnesium Alloys....Pages 345-348
A molecular dynamics study of fracture behavior in magnesium single crystal....Pages 349-355
Microstructural Relationship in the Damage Evolution Process of an AZ61 Magnesium Alloy....Pages 357-361
Formability Enhancement in Hot Extruded Magnesium Alloys....Pages 363-367
Deformation and Evolution of Microstructure and Texture during High Speed Heavy Rolling of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Sheet....Pages 369-372
Formability of Magnesium Sheet ZE10 and AZ31 with Respect to Initial Texture....Pages 373-378
Hot Workability of Alloy WE43 Examined Using Hot Torsion Testing....Pages 379-384
Enhancement of Superplastic Forming Limit of Magnesium Sheets by Counter-Pressurizing....Pages 385-387
Microstructure Evolution during Roller Hemming of AZ31B Magnesium Sheet....Pages 389-393
The Warm Forming Performance of Mg Sheet Materials....Pages 395-396
Front Matter....Pages 397-397
Current Research Activities of Biomedical Magnesium Alloys in China....Pages 399-399
Design Considerations for Developing Biodegradable Magnesium Implants....Pages 401-401
Coating Systems for Magnesium-Based Biomaterials — State of the Art....Pages 403-408
Corrosion, Surface Modification, and Biocompatibility of Mg and Mg Alloys....Pages 409-412
Magnesium Alloys for Bioabsorbable Stents: A Feasibility Assessment....Pages 413-418
Processing Aspects of Magnesium Alloy Stent Tube....Pages 419-424
Ballistic Analysis of New Military Grade Magnesium Alloys for Armor Applications....Pages 425-430
Front Matter....Pages 397-397
Mg17AL12 Intermetallic Prepared by Bulk Mechanical Alloying....Pages 431-433
Corrosion Behaviour of Mg Alloys in Various Basic Media: Application of Waste Encapsulation of Fuel Decanning from UNGG Nuclear Reactor....Pages 435-439
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Characterization of Hot Extruded Mg/SiC Nanocomposites Fabricated by Casting....Pages 443-446
Effects of Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles on Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of As-Cast Mg-12wt.% Al-0.2wt.% Mn Nanocomposites....Pages 447-452
Thermally-Stabilized Nanocrystalline Magnesium Alloys....Pages 453-456
TiNi Reinforced Magnesium Composites by Powder Metallurgy....Pages 457-462
Nanocrystalline Mg-Matrix Composites with Ultrahigh Damping Properties....Pages 463-468
Effect of Fiber Reinforcement on Corrosion Resistance of Mg AM60 Alloy-based Composites in NaCl Solutions....Pages 469-474
The Production of Powder Metallurgy Hot Extruded Mg-Al-Mn-Ca Alloy with High Strength and Limited Anisotropy....Pages 475-480
Thermal Effects of Calcium and Yttrium Additions on the Sintering of Magnesium Powder....Pages 481-484
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Solid State Recycled Mg Alloy Chips....Pages 485-489
Front Matter....Pages 491-491
Salt Spray Corrosion of Mechanical Junctions of Magnesium Castings....Pages 493-499
Comparing the Corrosion Effects of Two Environments on As-Cast and Extruded Magnesium Alloys....Pages 501-506
Influence of Lanthanum concentration on the Corrosion Behaviour of Binary Mg-La Alloys....Pages 507-511
Cryogenic Burnishing of AZ31B Mg Alloy for Enhanced Corrosion Resistance....Pages 513-518
Advanced Conversion Coatings for Magnesium alloys....Pages 519-522
Development of Zirconium-based Conversion Coatings for the Pretreatment of AZ91D Magnesium Alloy Prior to Electrocoating....Pages 523-529
Use of an AC/DC/AC Electrochemical Technique to Assess the Durability of Protection Systems for Magnesium Alloys....Pages 531-535
Effects of Oxidation Time on Micro-arc Oxidized Coatings of Magnesium Alloy AZ91D in Aluminate Solution....Pages 537-541
Composite Coatings Combining PEO Layer and EPD Layer on Magnesium Alloy....Pages 543-546
Front Matter....Pages 547-547
Growth Kinetics of γ-Al12Mg17 and β-Al3Mg2 Intermetallic Phases in Mg vs. Al Diffusion Couples....Pages 549-552
Development and Characterization of New AZ41 and AZ51 Magnesium Alloys....Pages 553-558
Engineering a More Efficient Zirconium Grain Refiner for Magnesium....Pages 559-564
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Mg-1.7Y-1.2Zn Sheet Processed by Hot Rolling and Friction Stir Processing....Pages 565-570
The microstructure and mechanical properties of cast Mg-5Sn based alloys....Pages 571-575
Effect of Cooling Rate and Chemical Modification on the Tensile Properties of Mg-5wt% Si Alloy....Pages 577-582
On Predicting the Channel Die Compression Behavior of HCP Magnesium AM30 using Crystal Plasticity FEM....Pages 583-587
Investigation of Microhardness and Microstructure of AZ31 Alloy after High Pressure Torsion....Pages 589-594
Plastic Deformation of Magnesium Alloy Subjected to Compression-First Cyclic Loading....Pages 595-597
Microstructure Evolution in AZ61L During TTMP and Subsequent Annealing Treatments....Pages 599-603
Modeling the Corrosive Effects of Various Magnesium Alloys Exposed to Two Saltwater Environments....Pages 605-610
Corrosion Performance of Mg-Ti Alloys Synthesized by Magnetron Sputtering....Pages 611-615
Structure and Mechanical Properties of Magnesium-Titanium Solid Solution Thin Film Alloys Prepared by Magnetron-sputter Deposition....Pages 617-621
Effect of Adding SiO2-Al2O3 Sol into Anodizing Bath on Corrosion Resistance of Oxidation Film on Magnesium Alloy....Pages 623-627
Monotonic and Fatigue Behavior of Mg Alloy Friction Stir Spot Welds: An International Benchmark Test in the “Magnesium Front End Research and Development” Project....Pages 629-634
Back Matter....Pages 635-649